Many of you who read this blog are already certified PMPs. As a practicing project manager, I believe we have the responsibility to stay abreast of the changes that the Project Management Institute makes to the PMBOK® Guide as well as the PMP® Exam.
Did you know that the PMP® exam will be changing after August 31, 2011? Over the next couple months we’ll explore the changes to the exam to help those of you considering taking your PMP as well as for those who already have it and have a NEED to know.
A sample of the changes in the Executing and Closing Processes include:
- Team performance is maximized through leading, mentoring, training, and motivating team members
- Less emphasis on team building, cooperation, and morale
- Final acceptance of the project deliverables always includes the project sponsor. May or may not involve a customer
- Closure requires ensuring no further liability
- Release of resources no longer included in RDS
- Formal transference of ownership of project deliverables is included in closure
What are your thoughts? Do you think these are good changes?
Let’s pick one to discuss. Do you agree that Closure requires that there is no further liability?
One argument for this change would be that, ideally, closure assumes that the team has delivered satisfactorily on the scope of the project.
One argument against would be that if projects are delivered with “bugs”, there should be some residual responsibility.
For your organization, would this change be applicable?
*Note that these changes are NOT changes to the PMBOK® Guide. They are changes to the Role Delineation Study (RDS). PMI conducts a role delineation study (RDS) for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential every five to seven years to ensure the credential reflects contemporary practice and evolves to meet current needs in the profession, and to comply with the PMP’s accreditation under the ISO 17024 standard.
Join us on September 14th for a FREE webinar on the changes to the PMP® Exam.
Diane Altwies
Diane
Altwies is the Chief Executive Officer of Core Performance Concepts
Inc. (CPC), a training and consulting firm with a proven track record of
delivering completed projects to the marketplace through effective
leadership of multi-disciplinary teams with a strong customer focus.